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7:20 AM ET, December 9, 2021

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Jackson Richman / Mediaite:
Fox News to Light New Christmas Tree After Previous One Torched  —  Fox News Media announced on Wednesday that a new tree will be lit on Thursday evening after its original one was allegedly burned by an arsonist early Wednesday morning.  —  The event on Fox Square in New York will include network personalities, clergymen and others.
Discussion: Gothamist, Raw Story and Snopes.com
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Greg Pollowitz / Twitchy:
Meet Craig Tamanaha, the 49-year-old arrested for allegedly setting fire to the Fox News Christmas tree  —  World, meet Craig Tamanaha, the 49-year-old homeless man who allegedly set fire to the Fox News Christmas tree this morning:  —  The suspect is identified as 49-year-old Craig Tamanaha …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Natalie O'Neill / New York Post:
Suspected Fox Christmas tree arsonist exposed himself outside Ghislaine Maxwell trial, photographer claims
Discussion: The Western Journal
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Old foes thwart Biden's foreign policy pivot  —  President Joe Biden wants to pivot U.S. foreign policy to the future but has not yet been able to shake the past.  —  Biden took office early this year promising a new era for the United States on the world stage, casting aside …
Discussion: NPR
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Financial Times:
Biden makes diplomatic concession to Russia with Nato talks plan  —  US president wants allies to discuss Moscow's ‘concerns’ in attempt to prevent invasion of Ukraine  —  Joe Biden has made a significant diplomatic concession to Moscow designed to prevent an invasion of Ukraine by signalling …
Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far  —  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, HotAir, UPI and Forbes
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Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find  —  The research may help explain why people who are overweight and obese have been at higher risk of severe illness and death from Covid.  —  From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people carrying extra pounds.
Discussion: Mediaite
Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Omicron Variant
KFF:
An Update on Vaccine Roll-Out for 5-11 Year-olds in the U.S.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Meadows Sues Pelosi in Bid to Block Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena  —  The suit came hours after the committee said it would prepare a criminal contempt of Congress referral against Mark Meadows, who was President Donald J. Trump's chief of staff on Jan. 6.  —  WASHINGTON — Mark Meadows …
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Emma Hurt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump-backed Perdue says he wouldn't have certified Georgia 2020 results  —  Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue wouldn't have signed the certification of the state's 2020 election results if he had been governor at the time, the former Senate Republican told Axios.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   AJC Interview: Inside Perdue's plan to defeat Kemp in 2022
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate votes to nix Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses  —  The Senate on Wednesday voted to nix President Biden's vaccine mandate for larger businesses, handing Republicans a symbolic win.  —  Senators voted 52-48 on the resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved.
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Washington Post:
Low-profile heiress who ‘played a strong role’ in financing Jan. 6 rally is thrust into spotlight  —  Eight days before the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, a little-known Trump donor living thousands of miles away in the Tuscan countryside quietly wired a total of $650,000 to three organizations that helped stage and promote the event.
Discussion: CREW, Raw Story and Washington Times
William Neuman / New York Times:
De Blasio Fought for 2 Years to Keep Ethics Warning Secret.  Here's Why.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio was warned that he created an “appearance of coercion and improper access” by directly contacting donors who had business before the city.  —  When Bill de Blasio was first elected mayor of New York …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot  —  “If I'm wrong, so be it, bro,” Carlson's guest said after he'd told Fox News viewers that the St. Louis baseball booster was “clearly a law enforcement officer.”
BBC:
Sanna Marin: Finland's PM sorry for clubbing after Covid contact  —  Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for going clubbing after coming into close contact with a Covid-19 case.  —  Sanna Marin went on a night out in Helsinki on Saturday, hours after her foreign minister had tested positive.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Jussie Smollett's final act: How a hate crime hoax became a pitch for jury nullification  —  In his testimony before a Chicago jury this week, actor Jussie Smollett talked about how he has had to carefully maintain his image as “a black Cary Grant.”  The “Empire” star, however …
Discussion: Todd Starnes
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Amid Legal Jeopardy, Jussie Smollett Is Shopping New Projects
Discussion: Breitbart
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan  —  The Biden administration is planning to award Medals of Honor to three U.S. soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to people familiar with the matter, a group that includes the first Black service member …
Discussion: Fox News
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Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:   Alwyn Cashe to finally receive posthumous Medal of Honor for Iraq War heroism
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Believe it or not, Fox News once knew shame  —  It wasn't so very long ago that Fox News had some standards for what was unacceptable.  —  In 2008, a Fox host named E.D. Hill suggested that a playful fist bump between Barack and Michelle Obama looked like a “terrorist fist jab.”
Discussion: Twitchy and Mercury News
Laura L. Thornton / The Hill:
Biden's ‘Summit for Democracy’ needs to be democratized  —  President Biden's “Summit for Democracy” begins tomorrow with the laudable aim to reenergize global commitment to democracy during a dangerous period of backsliding and rising authoritarianism.  Yet the process — organization …
Discussion: ABC News
Heritage Foundation:
Inclusion Delusion: The Antisemitism of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff at Universities  —  Authors:  —  SUMMARY … Universities ostensibly employ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) staff to create more tolerant and welcoming environments for students from all backgrounds.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
More Evidence Muddles Durham's Case on Lawyer's Meeting With F.B.I.  —  One disclosure dovetails with the special counsel John Durham's indictment against Michael Sussmann, while several others clash with it.  —  WASHINGTON — When a special counsel accused a prominent cybersecurity lawyer …
Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury:
Youngkin pledges to pull Virginia from carbon market by executive order  —  Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is pledging to use executive action to pull Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a carbon market involving 10 other Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Millions of dollars in GOP ads haven't changed public support for Build Back Better  —  Two new polls show broad support for President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social infrastructure package.  —  Republican-linked dark money groups have spent millions on false ads trying to convince voters …
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Hillary Clinton chokes up as she reads parts of the victory speech she hoped to deliver in 2016  —  For the first time, Hillary Clinton is sharing the speech she would have made if she had won the 2016 presidential election.  —  The former first lady and secretary of state grows emotional …
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
A GOP senator suggested gargling mouthwash to kill the coronavirus.  Doctors and Listerine are skeptical.  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) recommended mouthwash as a treatment for the coronavirus during a town hall meeting Wednesday, immediately drawing criticism for suggesting gargling would offer protection.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Eric Garcia / MSNBC:
Tracing America's Covid vaccine conspiracies to autism fearmongering  —  Anti-vaxxers are now melding with anti-democratic extremists.  But this movement's roots can be traced to men like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and their autism falsehoods.  —  Last week, the Centers for Disease Control …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Probed by New York State Over Ex-Host's Gender Discrimination and Retaliation Claims  —  Melissa Francis disappeared from Fox's air last year amid a dispute over pay discrimination.  The Daily Beast has learned that New York's labor department is probing her claims.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Historic blunder?!  State moves to protect Penn Station and MSG, jeopardizing redevelopment  —  Penn Station, Madison Square Garden and 2 Penn Plaza should be added to the National Register of Historic Places, a state agency said, a move that could delay or even kill efforts to rebuild the dismal and dangerous rail hub.
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a …
 
 
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“I think the Commission's summary of the case against court-packing (pp. …
Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
The Turn  —  When I saw the left give up everything I believe in, I changed politically.  You can, too.
Discussion: The New Neo
Olayemi Olurin / Teen Vogue:
Law & Order Taught Americans to Root for the Police
John F. Trent / Bounding Into Comics:
Wil Wheaton Calls Dave Chappelle A “Bigot” And “Piece Of S***” After Netflix Announced The Comedian Will Headline ‘Netflix Is A Joke Festival’
Discussion: Twitchy
Harry Stevens / Washington Post:
Which party controls congressional redistricting in your state
Discussion: Politico and RedState
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Backroom defense bill lets dictators and kleptocrats off the hook
Discussion: Florida Phoenix, Defense One and CNN
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Cawthorn ‘likely’ violated rules by bringing candidate on House floor
Discussion: ABC11 and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC gerrymandering lawsuits delay 2022 election primary
Discussion: Election Law Blog, NPR and CNN
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP working to lock down votes on McConnell debt deal
Davis Winkie / Army Times:
Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard's Mexico border mission fell apart
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Wittes / The Bulwark:
Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post, and America's Moral and Political Seriousness
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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